Comparison

Lumo for Students vs upnext

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lumo for Students

Features
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Lumo - The Collaborative Way to Organize School Life Stay on top of classes, deadlines, and projects with a shared timeline built for collaboration. Create events together, add details as a team, and never miss a thing. Your secret to stress-free, clutter-free schedules: - Collaboration first: Shared class timelines keep everyone in sync. - Personal timeline: See only what matters to you - no clutter, no distractions. - Beautiful design: Sleek colors, clean design, customisation options. - Smart organization: Add exams, assignments, or homework in seconds. Search, filter, and avoid duplicates. - Control & privacy: Decide who can edit, set member roles, or lock your class. Your data always stays yours. - Lockscreen Widget: Always stay up to date with customizable Lockscreen Widgets. - Timetable: Upload your personal schedule and easily access it through the lockscreen widget. - Seamless experience: Offline access, instant sync across devices, smart reminders, and weekly previews. Completely free - No ads, no subscriptions - just a beautiful app made by students, for students. Perfect for high schoolers, university students, study groups, or even solo use. Bring your class together & download Lumo today! :)

About

upnext

Effortlessly manage your academic life with an AI-powered planner that scans your timetable, organizes assignments and notes per class, and tracks deadlines. Stay on top of your schedule with smart reminders and a dedicated dark mode interface.

Highlights
  • AI timetable scanning
  • Class-specific workspaces
  • Assignment and quiz tracking
  • Integrated notes per subject
  • Smart class and deadline reminders
  • Dark mode interface
Features
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Three apps open. One semester to manage. There's a better way. upnext is the class schedule app that sets itself up. Point your camera at your printed timetable — AI extracts every class, time, and room in seconds. No manual entry. No switching apps. Your entire semester, sorted before your coffee gets cold. SNAP YOUR TIMETABLE. DONE. Point your camera at any timetable — printed handout, PDF on screen, even handwritten — and watch AI build your full class schedule instantly. Review, confirm, done. Most students are set up in under 60 seconds. Prefer to go manual? Choose from 37 subjects with dedicated emojis — from Physics to Law — and set your days, times, room, and teacher in a few taps. EVERY CLASS GETS ITS OWN WORKSPACE Tap any class on your timeline and open its dedicated workspace. Three tabs, everything you need: Assignments — add each assignment with its due date, total marks, and status. Enter your obtained marks when results come back. Graded or non-graded, it handles both. Quizzes — track every quiz date, marks, and what to study. Everything syncs to your main timeline automatically. Notes — one running notepad per class. Paste your assignment brief, jot down what the lecturer said about the exam, save the rubric. Auto-saves as you type. YOUR TASKS LIVE ON YOUR CALENDAR Add a deadline in your class workspace and it shows up on your timeline immediately. No separate homework tracker. No switching between apps. Your essay deadline sits right next to the class it belongs to. Get a reminder at 9am on every due date. Get a 15-minute heads-up before every class. Never miss either again. BUILT FOR HOW STUDENTS ACTUALLY LIVE AI timetable scanner — photograph any schedule, done in seconds Class workspace — assignments, quizzes, and notes per subject Infinite timeline — scroll 30 days back, 30 days forward Assignment and quiz tracker with marks and status Smart class reminders — 15 minutes before every lecture Deadline reminders — 9am on every due date Dark mode only — deep purple UI that doesn't look like school WHO IT'S FOR University and college students juggling lectures, seminars, labs, and assignments. High school students managing a complex weekly timetable. Anyone who's ever opened three apps just to figure out what's due tomorrow. 14-day free trial. Then $2.99 once, yours forever. No subscription. Stay ahead. Barely.

Screenshots

Lumo for Students4 screens
upnext4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lumo for Students at none against upnext's 1. upnext's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. upnext sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lumo for Students asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lumo for Students ships an update fortnightly, upnext every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Lumo for Students versus upnext: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumo for Studentsupnext
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB69 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDavid BanzigerSyed Maisam Ali Haider Naqvi

In-app purchases

None

Lumo for Students

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

upnext

One-time1
  • Unlock upnext? forever$2.99

Questions

Is Lumo for Students free?
Lumo for Students is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is upnext free?
upnext is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lumo for Students or upnext have ads?
Neither Lumo for Students nor upnext shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lumo for Students or upnext?
Lumo for Students ships an update fortnightly, and upnext every 2 days. Most recently, Lumo for Students was updated on October 28, 2026 and upnext on October 8, 2026.

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